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Gunmen abduct customs official, 9 others in Kaduna

Bandits have attacked Kofar Gayan low-cost housing estate in Zaria, Kaduna State, kidnapping a customs official, Muawiyya Gambo Turaki, his son Khalifa and eight others.

Police spokesman Muhammad Jalige was yet to get details of the incident at the time of filing this report, but residents told The Nation that the bandits invaded the area around 9.00pm on Wednesday.

This is the second time Kofar Gayan is attacked in the last six months. In the first attack, the wife of a customs official and another woman were kidnapped, later freed after N15million ransom was allegedly paid.

A resident of the community, Yishau Aisha, said, “The abductors were eight in number and came on foot with sophisticated weapons. They struggled to speak Hausa language to us; their language of communication was Fulani.

“I think informants are the ones causing these incessant kidnaps, because it seems their main target was the customs official who arrived home from his duty post just a day earlier.”

Also, one David Onoja, President and Founder of Enemona Josh Humanitarian Foundation, was abducted by gunmen from his house at Wada Road, Lokoja, Kogi State.

Police spokesman William Ovye-Aya, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday.

Ovye-Aya, quoting a family source, said Onoja was taken away from home at about 10:30 a.m. yesterday by six gunmen dressed in police uniform.

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